"I don't understand what's so good about this scenery. The sun and the moon alternately change, which in my eyes is like the ticking of the second hand, boring and dull."

On a peak of the Supuha Mountains, Meredith lay on a section of dry roots in the cliff, swinging back and forth.

Beside her, there is an abyss on one side, and a steep cliff on the other.

Meredith raised his head, looked at the man standing on the top of the mountain, and said, "The longer you live, the less important time you will find."

Facing the afterglow of the setting sun, Todd said softly: "When you have concerns in your heart, the flow of time has meaning."

Meredith lay down and said, "You talked about caring, did I tell you about my husband and children?"

Todd said, "I heard you mention it before."

"In the three hundred years since Teacher Scarha transformed me into a tyrant, I have tried to have several husbands and a dozen children." Meredith's voice slowly fell: "My number one A husband is a descendant of the Tyrolean, an ordinary person. At the beginning, I tried to tell my family about my situation. Guess what happened?"

Todd shook his head and asked, "What happened?"

"My husband and children tied me up in the middle of the night and sent me to the temple, claiming that there were demons in my body."

Todd sighed, "You ran away?"

"Yes, I have no other choice but to escape. After that, I never dare to see my family again until their funeral." Meredithon paused and said: "After a long time, I found With the second husband, he is a different species."

"I observed him for a long time, and when I confirmed that he would accept everything, I told him my identity."

Todd had an ominous hunch: "You made a mistake? He couldn't accept you?"

"No, he can accept me, but he is crazy jealous of me."

"envy?"

"My second husband, he was ill due to the side effects of the alien species. He lives in pain every day and fears the coming of death every day."

"The tyrant can not only survive for a long time, but also has power beyond common sense. My husband is eager for this kind of change."

Todd asked in surprise, "He wants to ask you how to become a tyrant?"

Meredith smiled bitterly and said: "Not just asking, he used my child to coerce me."

"Intimidation?!"

"He put the knife on the child's neck, and he must ask about the whereabouts of the kingdom of shadows."

Todd asked, "What then?"

"I told him that the tyrant was never a gift from the gods, it was the curse of the devil. Not to mention the nine deaths of the tyrant's road, even if he succeeds in becoming a tyrant, after that, he must always suppress the power, otherwise he will become irrational. monster."

"He still didn't give up?"

"Yes, he thinks I am just being selfish, wanting to monopolize the tyrant's secrets. During the quarrel, he became angry, gradually lost his mind, and finally missed and killed the child..."

Hearing this, Todd's mood suddenly sank: "Meredith, I am sorry that you have encountered such a thing."

"It has nothing to do with you, at least I made the stupid man pay the price."

"You killed him?"

"No, I took him to the kingdom of shadows and watched him be torn to pieces during the trial."

Todd was silent.

Meredith combed through the raven feathers on her body and said: "After that, I tried to start a family several times, and it all ended in tragedy without exception."

"I'm tired, I gave up, I returned to the Presbyterian Church, lived in the underground of the Supuha Mountains, accompanied my father... Sutherland's coffin, and began to fear that it would have the slightest connection with the world."

Meredith stood up from the dead roots, her black wings splayed behind her, and with a strong wind blowing, she flew across the canyon, rushed into the sky, and finally landed on the ground.

Meredith walked to Todd's side, sat down, and took off the crow mask that he often wore on his face.

With a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, a carved face profile, and beautiful and neat hair, Meredith has the face of a Tyrolean woman with a very classical atmosphere.

Perhaps it was because of her reluctance to touch the world for many years, her expression did not change much even when she was speaking, and her eyes gave people a feeling of loneliness and coldness.

Todd looked at Meredith and said, "About your father... Sutherland..."

Meredith asked, "Which one do you want to ask? Father? Hero? Or monster...?"

Todd frowned and looked at Meredith, thought for a while, and said, "I heard he is a very wise scholar."

Meredith: "Before he defected to Tyro, he was a respected congressman, a learned scholar, a well-known elder... but he was a failed husband, and more Is an incompetent father."

"He spends a lot of time in the library and parliament. He meets with parliamentarians more often than with his family. He will forget the birthdays of his wife and children, even when he goes home. How to go."

Todd shook his head while listening.

Meredith continued: "During the Great Purge of Alien Species in Taylor City, he used his own power to prepare for the escape a few years in advance. He saved thousands of alien species at the cost of his life. Created a peaceful place for them-the Presbyterian Church."

"From this perspective, he might really be a hero."

Meredith changed suddenly: "But, in the purge of the alien species, who ever remembered the fate of the Sutherland family?"

"My mother, elder brother, younger brother and sister ~lightnovelpub.net~ were convicted of treason by the Taylor Council. They were nailed to a wooden stake and died tragically after a few days of pain and wailing. Has anyone ever written to mention it? them?"

Todd asked, "Why didn't Sutherland bring his family with him when he was on the run?"

Meredith said coldly: "In order to paralyze the guards, if we escape from Taylor City, we will definitely attract the attention of the purifiers and lead to the failure of our escape... In other words, my family and I have become this The bait for fleeing is to cover the aliens from leaving."

Todd sighed deeply.

"For a long time, I hated my father and his so-called alien group." Meredith raised her head and looked at the darkening sky: "But this kind of hatred, after learning of his death, I don’t know why, but slowly it was diluted."

"When I came to the tomb under the Supuha Mountains and saw the coffin of my father Sutherland, all the original thoughts of revenge were replaced by one sentence."

Meredith turned her head to Todd, a sad expression appeared on her face for the first time: "I have lost my last family."